The promise of reconciliation? : examining violent and nonviolent effects on Asian conflicts
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The promise of reconciliation? : examining violent and nonviolent effects on Asian conflicts
(Peace & policy, v. 20)
Transaction, c2016
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Promise of Reconciliation? explores the relationship between violence, nonviolence, and reconciliation in societal conflicts with questions such as: In what ways does violence impact the reconciliation process that necessarily follows a cessation of deadly conflict? Would an understanding of how conflict has been engaged, with violence or nonviolence, be conducive to how it could be prevented from sliding further into violence?
The contributors examine international influences on the peace/reconciliation process in Indonesia's Aceh conflict, as well as the role of Muslim religious scholars in promoting peace. They also examine the effect of violence in southern Thailand, where insurgent violence has provided "leverage" during the fighting, but negatively affects post-conflict objectives. The chapter on Sri Lanka shows that "successful" violence does not necessarily end conflict-Sri Lankan society today is more polarized than it was before its civil war. The Vietnam chapter argues that the rise of nonviolent protest in Vietnam reflects a profound loss of state legitimacy, which cannot be resolved with force, while another chapter on Thailand examines "Red Sunday," a Thai political movement engaged in nonviolent protest in the face of violent government suppression. The book ends with a look at Indonesian cities, sites of ethnic conflicts, as potential abodes of peace if violence can be curtailed.
Table of Contents
Greetings and Acknowledgements from the Editor-in-Chief and Director of the Toda Instituteby Olivier Urbain Prefaceby Chaiwat Satha-Anand Introduction: The Promise of Reconciliation? Examining Violent and Nonviolent Effects on Asian Conflictsby Chaiwat Satha-Anand On Reconciliation Justice and Reconciliation in Southeast Asia and Beyondby Ehito Kimura Reconciliation through Cooperation: The Case of Acehby Titik Firawati Conflict and Nonviolence: Ulama in the Aceh Peace Processby Asna Husin On Violence Seasons of Insurgency: The Promises and Curses of Violent Actionsby Chayanit Poonyarat Violence, Nonviolence, and Ethnic Reconciliation in Post-War Sri Lankaby S. I. Keethaponcalan Rural Unrest and Collective Protests in Vietnamby Nguyen Van Chinh On Nonviolence Playful Subversion: Red Sunday's Nonviolent Activism in Thailand's Post-2010 Crackdownby Janjira Sombutpoonsiri Cities of Peace, Cities of Violence: The Indonesian Experienceby Samsu Rizal Panggabean Author Biographies
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